Photos: Hudson's site tour

Development at the site of the former J.L. Hudson's department store in downtown Detroit is now slated to rise and be complete in four years.

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Kirk Pinho/Crain's Detroit Business

Whether the tower planned for the site of the former J.L. Hudson's department store will be the tallest building in the state is largely contingent upon what an undetermined hotel operator wants.

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Kirk Pinho/Crain's Detroit Business

A construction update and media tour took place Wednesday morning at the 40-foot-deep hole where the development is slated to rise and be complete in four years.

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Bedrock

A view of the former J.L. Hudson's site before the December 2017 groundbreaking.

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Bedrock

There are more than 150 caissons needed for the development, and the process is about 75 percent complete.

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Bedrock

A skydeck is no longer planned for the tower on the former J.L. Hudson's site because it would have required a dedicated elevator, taking up too much building space when also paired with a hotel elevator and residential elevator.

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